In the minutes, hours, and days after the shock of Tucker Carlson’s firing from Fox News settled in, the immediate question became: Why? And more pointedly, Why now?
In some ways, these were ridiculous if not rhetorical questions — there were countless good reasons to fire Carlson, from his myriad on-air controversies, which often led to advertiser boycotts, to his behind-the-scenes text tirades to producers and executives.
